Driders combine the features of drow and giant spiders. The wicked god Lolth is fond of transforming her drow worshipers into driders, as either a blessing or a curse. These driders often become fanatical servants of their god, or they are overwhelmed by their transformation and live only to indulge their predatory arachnid instincts. Driders also appear when whole communities are transformed by…
Weapon (morningstar), rare (requires attunement) This magic weapon has 5 charges. When you hit a creature with it, you can expend 1 of the weapon’s charges to negate all of the creature’s Resistances to damage until the end of your next turn. The weapon regains 1d4 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. Proficiency with a Morningstar allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for…
Ankylier Karls are the lowest members of Ankylier society, fulfilling menial tasks and hard labour. Karls are not generally treated with much respect, but are paid appropriately for their efforts by their Ankylier bosses. This allows for wealth to not necessarily be a reflection of social status within Ankylier society. Through an exceptional work ethic or extensive experience, Karls will be…
Pentadrones oversee and protect contingents of lesser modrons. They’re quick to call lengthy meetings with other modrons when making decisions. Modrons Beings of magic and machinery, modrons embody absolute law. These inhabitants of the clockwork plane of Mechanus tend to the incredible mechanisms of their orderly home and oppose chaotic forces across the multiverse. Modrons are parts of a vast…
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20. Puncture. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack that deals Piercing damage, you can reroll one of the attack’s damage dice, and you must use the new roll. Enhanced Critical. When you score a Critical Hit that deals Piercing…
Piercers resemble stalactites, but each has a toothy maw and a single eye. They hang from cavern ceilings along routes frequented by denizens of the Underdark. Piercers might lurk for months at a time, waiting for any creature of their approximate size to pass underneath. When potential meals move below, piercers release their grip and plummet, intent on impaling prey in a single strike. If…
Those who have encountered calignis quickly learn that their method of death involves burning out instead of bleeding out. At times, this dramatic immolation is denied to a caligni and they arise as an undead bright walker. This moniker is a bit of a misnomer, because these undead don’t walk; they instead float a few inches above the ground. Though tied to caligni society, bright walkers don’t…
Armor (double mail), uncommon Metal armor made of songsteel rings like a bell or chime when it clangs against an object. When wearing the armor, you can call out to Volund as a Bonus Action. Until the end of your next turn, you take 5 less damage from all attacks that hit you. Once you use this feature, you must finish a Long Rest before you can use it again. Also called tvifold brynja, the rings…
Weapon (morningstar), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that…
Large Beast (Thyreophoran), Unaligned AC 20 (Extensive Osteoderms) Initiative -3 (7) HP 72 (10d10 + 22) Speed 20 ft.
Weapon (morningstar), uncommon (requires attunement) When you attune to this item, it appears as a weapon in which you have proficiency and remains in that form until another creature attunes to it. As a free action once per Long Rest, you can Awaken the weapon with a command word, at which point the weapon becomes sentient for 1 hour with the following traits: Sentience. The weapon is a…
Bhaal is the lord of murder—particularly murder that elicits paranoia and terror. His cultists have terrorized the city with carefully crafted murder scenes. Unlike followers of Bane who install themselves in the city’s power structures, followers of Bhaal work in secret, infiltrating benign organizations while they plan grisly killings. Bane and Myrkul together barely restrain Bhaal’s sadism,…
Weapon (morningstar), legendary (requires attunement) You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The first time you attack with the weapon on each of your turns, you can transfer some or all of the weapon’s bonus to your Armor Class. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack rolls and damage rolls to +1 and gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class. The…
Origin Feat You gain the following benefits. Instrument Training. You gain proficiency with three Musical Instruments of your choice. Encouraging Song. As you finish a Short or Long Rest, you can play a song on a Musical Instrument with which you have proficiency and give Heroic Inspiration to allies who hear the song. The number of allies you can affect in this way equals your Proficiency Bonus.…
Quara Orshendiel is a drow shootist who found herself propelled into the leadership of the drow outpost of Yldaris by the death of her father, the previous leader. Quara is likely to be an ally of the characters, as she knows useful allies when she sees them. She’s interested in avenging her father and sister in the short term, but she’s aware that whatever goal her father was pursuing with the…
Awareness. The mind flayer has Advantage on Initiative rolls and can’t be surprised as long as it doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition. Magic Resistance. The mind flayer has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Actions Tentacles. Melee Attack Roll: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) Psychic damage. If the target is Medium or smaller, it…
Underbosses supervise larger clan operations, such as gambling halls and warehouses of smuggled goods awaiting transport. Accustomed to the criminal lifestyle, these hardy individuals (mostly halflings) dismiss and dispose of threats with calculated ease.
Wondrous Item, common A question mark is worked into the head of this key. The key has a 5 percent chance of unlocking any lock into which it’s inserted. Once it unlocks something, the key d isappears.
Manyhorn Guild Brokers are the senior officials who draft, organise, and oversee trade negotiations between their guild and other parties. These include negotiations between other Manyhorn guilds, as well as other cities, kingdoms, or political groups. Manyhorn Guild Brokers are generally exceptionally cool-headed, especially in a crisis. They pride themselves on their ability to use logical…
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